Ronald S. This is just one more in a long line of boring, filmed-in-BC, movies-with-a-message. Don't believe all the four- and five-star fake reviews from the cast and crew; it is formulaic garbage. Like everything else coming out of BC these days, it uses one has-been actor (Andie MacDowell) and a bunch of 25- and 28-year-olds, playing teenagers. There is not one believable scene in the entire movie, and - like every other "message movie" "stalker movie" or "murderer movie" out of BC - it is 99% talk talk talk.Examples. Wanna get your actors to appear edgy? Portray them hotboxing in a stranger's dad's van. Wanna see what the term "phoning in your performance" really means? Watch Andie MacDowall, who very obviously did this one only for the money.Typical CBC/Lifetime boring movie, made by too many actors and crew who spent too much time hotboxing and not enough time writing, directing, filming and acting. If you keep waiting for this movie to get better, trust me; it never does.

Kitty Kat I have seen this movie countless times. There's just something about it that makes me come back, again and again. I think it was the writing that appealed to me the most. It's such a clever, dreamy and beautiful, yet so dark, eye opening and sad story. The whole film sets my brain in motion. After I watch it I think about it for ages. "Don't we all want to be somebody different sometimes?" - Caroline Myanswer is yes. The reason I can relate so much. The reason this film actually makes sense to me, despite it's "strange weirdness" (that everyone who wrote a review here mentions). The reason this weird film does't seem weird to me at all. I see it as a sad reality. The reality that nobody knows what the hell they're doing with their life when they grow up. The reality that bad and scary things happen to every single one of us. The reality that everyone makes mistakes, some, that will most likely hurt someone else. It's raw, but at the same time dreamy. Everything in this movie has a certain irony (from the way the story is told). Every single bad thing (that shows the way everything really is) that happens get's transparent and misty fog over it. I don't know how to describe it better. If you haven't seen this movie, please go and watch it. It addresses so many issues of this day and time. It's one of the best films I have ever seen.

jcbutthead86 Daydream Nation is a flawed,but entertaining well made Coming of Age film filled with great performances and great direction that is dramatic and sometimes darkly funny. The film is described as Juno meets Donnie Darko and while Daydream isn't as memorable as those two films Daydream Nation is a fine film in it's own right.Daydream Nation tells the tale of a big city teenage girl named Caroline Wexler(Kat Dennings) who has moved with her father to a small town. Feeling like she can't relate to her fellow students Caroline becomes friends and has an affair with her teacher Barry Anderson(Josh Lucas). Trying to cover-up the affair,Caroline begins seeing and falling for fellow student Thurston Goldberg(Resse Thompson)which starts a love triangle. While that is going on there is a serial killer around town killing young girls and a series of events that will effects the main characters and the small town's people.I love Coming Of Age films because good Coming Of Age films depict the hardships and confusion of growing up and it can be funny or very dramatic and Daydream Nation is a film that truly fits in the Coming Of Age genre. Daydream Nation is a wonderful film from beginning to end because of the characters and the way it depicts small town life. The characters whether it's Caroline,Thurston,Barry or other characters are flawed human beings who are unsure of themselves because of strange behavior,tragic events or actions,whether it's dealing with death,past events or characters in their present life. Like any good Coming of Age film,the movie wonderfully shows the main character growing up and having to deal with life as a teenager. Caroline is new in the small town and trying to find herself in her new surroundings and while at times Caroline seems so sure of herself,she is just as confused as the other characters in the film. What I also like about the film is that the character Caroline isn't a one-note character with no emotion and that at times you can see that she has some moments and feelings of guilt and sadness over what she's doing in the film and you can feel her heartache and growth that Caroline goes through in the film. You may not always like the main characters because of the way they are and their actions but you will relate to most of the characters because they are flawed. The film's screenplay by Michael Goldbach(who also directed) is well-written giving the characters sharp dialog,great lines and scenes. I love how the small town and it's people are shown. The small town depicted in Daydream Nation is shown in a dark,surreal and at times funny way showing the town that's surrounded with a cloud of smoke,huge trees and weather that makes the town look like a dream. The small town in Daydream Nation at times feels like it could have taken place in any small town in the United States but only this time small town life is distorted and offbeat and where everything is really strange and weird almost like if the film Blue Velvet was like a Coming Of Age film. Small town life in Daydream Nation can be really wild and sometimes crazy but and the same time the small town in DN can have a beautiful scenery that is sadly swept underneath thanks to the darkly humorous and strange underbelly with the film's characters. The small town teenagers are so bored out of their minds the only things they do is get high,have parties and have sex and it's told in a humorous and sometimes sad way,while little children play around not to have a good time,but to past the time. For the teenagers and kids they're no social clubs,playgrounds or even video games or computers it's just lots of trees,cloud smoke and use of drugs. The adults in the film are lonely people who have no idea what their children are doing and raising theirs kids in single parent households living in a very grim and depressing small town life and are just as lost and as confused as their kids are. The film is David Lynch-lite. The only flaw with the film is that there are too many subplots in the movie which are good and interesting,but not developed enough. The ending of the film is truly beautiful and strange and is a great conclusion that caps off the film and tells you what happens to most of the characters.The cast does great jobs in their roles. I am a huge Kat Dennings fan and she does a great and excellent job as Caroline bringing the same depth,beauty,smarts and sarcasm she brings to her other roles. I have seen nearly all of Kat Dennings films and I will watch anything she's in. Resse Thompson does a great job as Thurston,Caroline's other love interest playing a weird awkward teenager well. Josh Lucas does a wonderful job as Barry Caroline's teacher and love interest. Andie Macdowell does good job as Thurston's mom Enid Goldberg. The rest of the cast including Rachel Blanchard(Ms. Budge),Ted Whittall(Mr. Wexler),Katie Boland(Jenny),Landon Liboiron(Paul),Natasha Cails(Lily Goldberg)and Quinn Lord(Thomas) also do great jobs as well.Michael Goldbach does a fine job directing the film giving the film a beautiful,unique and surreal visual style to the film using different colors in the film. Good direction,Goldbach.The score by Ohad Benchetrit is well-done and effective and adds to the dark,surreal feel of the film. Good score.In final word,Daydream Nation is a flawed,but entertaining film thanks to the performances from Kat Dennings and the rest of the cast and the direction of the film and you can watch the movie based on the performances and direction. Highly Recommended. 9.5/10.

selfsimilarity-61803399 Yes, it's about young people~ but young enough that i'm curious about what's changed and what's stayed the same in this late, Mood-Swept generation; what they think about; how they feel about the world they're inheriting. This story is told from the eyes of an Out-of-place, Precocious high school co-ed who moves from the City to Hicktown, USA, "where there's more incest than in an Atom Egoyan movie". She's a Serious type; In her Cultural Moment, Motherless, No one to Love, who is questioning her values, the meaning of Life and Death, society, and the social Games We Play. Here, she plays mostly with drug seeking, disillusioned teenagers. She engages in a promiscuous affair with Josh Lucas' character, her teacher, come home to roost and zap some reality into the quotidian travails of Disaffected Youth.There's a story arc regarding a Serial Murder Mystery.Whilst at first we are guided on an almost nostalgic, plot less, soporific remembrance of feeling alone in a group of people, the all too real consequences of some bad choices made by good people whips the dénouement into a Frenzied affair.A reviewer compared the Voice to a 'Juno- by David Lynch'...or a Shinier Donnie Darko.Indie, Natch.Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...A refreshingly Un-Obnoxious soundtrack, with a nice Cover of CSN&Y's 'expecting to fly'.